Mobile phone13 Apr 2025Do you need to use a phone case anymore?With smartphones tougher than ever, a new wave of phone minimalists say cases are for cowards. I joined the case-free cult, called the experts and braced for the sound of broken glass.13 Apr 20259 Apr 2025Can childhood survive the smartphone?BBC special correspondent Katty Kay and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on kids, smartphones and whether anything has changed a year after his landmark book The Anxious Generation.9 Apr 202531 Jan 2025For sale: An iPhone with TikTok installed, $50,000Following a TikTok ban in the US, phones and iPads with the TikTok app preinstalled are up for sale. Experts say it's a security disaster waiting to happen.31 Jan 20257 Aug 2024How your phone can detect earthquakesFifty years since the first mobile phone call, the technology we carry around in our pocket is helping to create the world's biggest earthquake detection system.7 Aug 202420 May 2024People want 'dumbphones'. Will big tech deliver?Self-labelled neo-Luddites and the tech-stressed are searching for phones with fewer features. Industry experts cite precarious profit margins and a wobbly market around this need.20 May 202426 Nov 2023The phone you can repair yourselfIn a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?26 Nov 20238 Apr 2023How your phone can check your heartMobile phones have come a long way since the first ever cellphone call 50 years ago – they can even be used to help diagnose your health.8 Apr 20233 Apr 2023Are mobile phones altering our brains?The handheld cellphone is 50 years old and has become an essential multi-tool that helps us run our lives. But is it altering the way our brains work?3 Apr 20233 Apr 2023A 50-year evolution of the mobile phoneThe first ever call made with a mobile phone was a conversation 50 years ago. Since then, the devices have found some unexpected uses.3 Apr 2023...
